What is Ballarat Climate Action 2014?

Local environmental and sustainability groups have joined together to arrange events and activities throughout 2014 – to encourage Ballarat and district residents to reduce their impacts on global warming and call on all levels of government and industry for stronger measures to address climate change. BCA 2014 is collating, publishing and promoting these community events on a monthly calendar available on Facebook and the web. There are regular sustainable house tours, Green Drinks, workshops, local produce markets, seminars, get-togethers over local food, displays, films, art and will culminate in December with a 2014 local rally on climate.

All are welcome to attend these events hosted by the various groups. Besides spreading the sustainability message, activities encourage socialising and fun - with many events aimed at attracting new “activists”. We need a groundswell of support and actions to ensure the future we want for our children.
If you or your organisation has something to contribute we would love to hear from you!

What groups are hosting events and what are their contact details? There are many locals involved in a wide range of environmental and sustainability groups who are working in a multitude of ways to reduce their impacts on our environment, lobby for stronger measures on global warming and help ensure a clean, green future. Although events are promoted on the BCA 2014 calendar, you will need to contact the event host for further details.

Friday, 28 February 2014

Not to be missed events for the first week in March are

....... GREEN DRINKS at Mr Rebe in 203 Dana St - 7-9pm on Thursday 6th with renowned author and speaker Peter Christoff speaking on his book "Four Degrees of Global Warming." Yikes! scary stuff!!??

....300 hectares of ex-plantation land (from Elsworth St in Ballarat East to Greenhill Road in Mount Helen) is being returned to the Victorian Government. Three presenters will put the case for a Multi Use Forest Park for Canadian Forest with exciting possibilities needing PUBLIC SUPPORT - 7 PM Thursday March 13 Earth Ed, Earth Science Centre.

Also

......The Greens are advertising a (paid!) job for an community organiser in the Ballarat area. Applications due TOMORROW. Go to http://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/Members/AGV/organiser-greens-state-election-campaign and be QUICK.

...... The Environmental Defenders Office EDO - Lawyers who go in to defend our environment have been gutted by the Abbott Government and urgently need support and donations to continue to protect our environment and groups working for the environment. Go to  htpp://www.givenow.com.au/edovic;
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Sunday, 23 February 2014


Support our local communities and groups taking steps - big and small to address global warming!

BCA 2014 – http://ballaratclimateaction2014.blogspot.com.au  and on Facebook
BCG – Ballarat Community Gardens   http://ballaratcommunitygarden.org.au/
FORP -  Friends of Royal Park Inc (Buninyong Sustainability) http://forp.org.au
AYCC – Australian Youth Climate Coalition – Facebook AYCC Ballarat
BREAZE & SLB – Ballarat Renewable Energy and Zero Emissions www.breaze.org.au
BPG - Ballarat Permaculture Guild  http://ballaratpermacultureguild.org/
The Greens – www.ballarat.vic.greens.org.au/  or Ballarat@vicgreens.org.au
Victorian Wind Alliance – www.vicwind.org.au or info@vicwind.org.au
Green Drinks – www.greendrinks.org/VIC/Ballarat  
B.E.N. – Ballarat Environment Network – bevn.wordpress.com or Facebook
CHAF – Central Highlands Agribusiness Forum – www.chaf.org.au
Fed Uni Sustainability Group - ph Jaimie 0414273878 




MARCH Sustainability Events CALENDAR
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1 Ballarat Produce Swap 9.30-11 (BCG)
2
3
4
5
6 Green Drinks –Peter Christoff 7-9pm
7
8 Begonia Fest  Veg Gdn talks
Lakeside Farmers Market 9-1
9  Begonia  F
Veg Gdn talks
Buninyong Produce Swap
9.30-11(FORP)
10 Begonia F
Veg Gdn talks
11
12
13
14
15 GREENS Garden tour & Dinner 5-7
16 MARCH in MARCH –midday Melb Check web
17
18
19
20
21 Pot luck Dinner BREAZE
22
23 Climate Friendly House Tour 10 -11.30
(BREAZE)
24
25
26
27 Do the Maths Film - Fed Uni Students
28
29  Lakeside Farmers Market 9-1
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Thursday, 20 February 2014

Two events not be missed!

The Buninyong community have pulled together a huge event for this Sunday 23 March - a Smart Building and Living Expo 10-3. BCA 2014 will have a stall and will be distributing free RENEW mags donated by the Alternative Energy Assoc - a great read. We will be promoting upcoming events and lots of conversations to be had! Come and say hello...

On Tuesday 25th Feb you are invited to the launch of BookShare - a borrowing system to spread the sustainability message by loaning/borrowing informative and inspirational books. We will also show the excellent Bill McKibben film "Do the Maths"... If that isnt enough there are free nibbles and drinks!!! See you at Smart Living Ballarat in Lydiard St 5 -6.30!! Bring a book or two to loan so you can borrow!!
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Tuesday, 11 February 2014


 It would be great if we could photograhically document our year of climate actions and assemble these photos into some kind of (inspirational) display at the end of the year.. at a venue or online. Can event organisers please photograph your events, especially people.... Please keep them in a folder (with captions date/event) until we decide what we can do with them.

Is there anyone who has ideas about collecting/keeping/collating and eventually displaying these photos??? People could also record what they are doing to address climate change..

I hope you get as much of a giggle from Tony's kooka smugglers (no budgies in op shop) as I did when he surprised me each time I came in the room!


Jane
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